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From what I recall, the line “we need to focus on next years’ car as soon as possible, due to the massive rules change” was something both BMW-Sauber and McLaren have said in at the start of 2008 and 2013 […]

Isn’t he the guy who won e-sports Gran Turismo Championship last year?

For years I had nothing but respect for Kubica, but this piece gave me huge flashbacks to 2013, when Williams had Bottas and Maldonado driving for them. Kinda of a paralel situation, with one driver being a young […]

I believe, that the main reason for the ‘no design changes’ rule was to make a helmet design be synonymous with a driver. In the old days, drivers were our heroes and you’d be drawing tiny versions of their […]

I’m getting a very mixed vibe about Renault and their future in F1. Signing RIC was, for me, a clear indicator, that they are taking things seriously and building up the team for the future. But at the same time, […]

@keithcollantine While I agree with the ‘level playing field’ premise in general, I would also point out, that there are teams, which are struggling for money despite finishing top5, and teams which are […]

Is there any reason, why they can’t give more practice time on friday to the teams that are lower down the WCC order?
It might introduce some unpredictability due to less practice time for the top teams, and it […]

Regarding Lance Stroll, I think many people forget that this year’s cars are much more demanding to drive than for the past few years… and there was very little pre-season testing… and the drivers get a […]

@keithcollantine Yeah, totally didn’t think about that. I thought, that if they got more fuel then they would try to use it efficiently. Oh, silly me! But ‘burning it off’ as fast as possible would probably be the […]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but in order to prevent a bit of ‘fuel saving’, shouldn’t there be an imposed rule, saying the teams have to put exactly 105 kg of fuel?
My logic is this: if a team gains an advantage, by […]

A clutch pedal and cameras inside the cockpit, so people would see what the drivers are doing with their feet. I feel that this is something we’re missing and yet almost no one talks about it. For most people, […]

I just wonder, if this is not an attempt of putting pressure on Bottas early on. Because data-sharing has been present since always and Lewis hasn’t been so vocal about until now (not as far as I remember). It’s […]

In response to the critisism that ‘racing in the past has been better’, Mercedes presented their prototype for the upcoming 2020 rule changes.

+1
both made me laugh

It’s not unjustified. We DID see in the past a team sabotage one of their drivers… *cough*Andrea Moda *cough*

Better yet – the team could “accidentally” mix-up his setup so the car would be almost undriveable.
Or send him out on full wets with no rain on track – as Perry McCarty experienced.

Van der Garde should […]

Funny, that when asked whether signing new drivers would be a breach of Sutil’s and GvdG’s contracts, about two months ago, Kalternborn said it’s not a problem and Sauber has a strong case?
Seriously? This is […]

I can’t know for sure, but I suspect, regarding Lewis’s contract negotiation, that he is in the same spot Fernando was lat year – he does not really want a multi-year contract without a solid “get-out” clause in […]